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the rilture submit without a struggle to the exercise of 

 thai tyranny, which they know it would be in vain to resist 



ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES. 



"We have ourselves," says Wilson, "seen the Bald 

 Eagle, while seated on the dead carcass of a horse, keep a 

 irhole flock of vultures at a respectful distance, until he had 

 fully sated his own appetite :" and he adds another instance, 

 in which many thousands of tree squirrels having been 

 drowned, in one of their migrations, in attempting to pass 

 the Ohio, and having furnished for some length of time a 

 rich banquet to the vultures, the sudden appearance among 

 them of the Bald Eagle at once put a stop to their festivi- 

 ties, and drove them to a distance from their prey, of 

 which the Eagle kept sole possession for several successive 

 days. 



THE FALCON. {Falco communis.) 



The Falcon is a predaceous bird, of which there are 

 several species. The Gerfalcon is the largest, and it is 

 found in the northern parts of Europe ; and, next to the 

 eagle, it is the most formidable, the most active, and the 

 west intrepid of all voracious birds, and is the dearest and 

 moit esteemed for falconry. The bill is crooked and yet 



